Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web U. S. Defense Articles and Services Supplied to Foreign Recipients : Restrictions on Their Use Updated March 14, 2005

By Grimmett, Richard F., Dr.

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web U. S. Defense Articles and Services Supplied to Foreign Recipients : Restrictions on Their Use Updated March 14, 2005
Author:	Grimmett, Richard F., Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: In accordance with United States law, the U.S. Government places conditions on the use of defense articles and defense services transferred by it to foreign recipients. Violation of these conditions can lead to the suspension of deliveries or termination of the contracts for such defense items, among other things. On occasion, the President has indicated that such violations by foreign countries “may” have occurred, raising the prospect that termination of deliveries to or imposition of other penalties on such nations might take place. Section 3(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) sets the general standards for countries or international organizations to be eligible to receive United States defense articles and defense services provided under this act. It also sets express conditions on the uses to which these defense items may be put. Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act states that U.S. defense articles and defense services shall be sold to friendly countries “solely” for use in “internal security,” for use in “legitimate self-defense,” to enable the recipient to participate in “regional or collective arrangements or measures consistent with the Charter of the United Nations,” to enable the recipient to participate in “collective measures requested by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining or restoring international peace and security,” and to enable the foreign military forces “in less developed countries to construct public works and to engage in other activities helpful to the economic and social development of such friendly countries.”

Table of Contents
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Arms Export Control Act (AECA): Basic Conditions on Use of U.S.-Supplied Defense Articles and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Purposes for Which Military Sales by the United States Are Authorized (Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act) . . . . . . . 2 Presidential Report to Congress on Possible Violations . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Procedures for Making Foreign Countries Ineligible for Receipt of U.S. Defense Articles and Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Restoration of Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Suspension or Cancellation of Contracts and/or Deliveries by the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Illustrative Responses of the United States Government to Possible Violations of Agreements on Use of U.S.- Provided Defense Articles . 5 Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Indonesia and East Timor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Turkey and the Congressionally-Imposed Embargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6